North Sutor, Coast Battery
Machine Gun Post (Second World War)(Possible)
Site Name North Sutor, Coast Battery
Classification Machine Gun Post (Second World War)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Cromarty Defences; Fort North Sutor, Site No. 1
Canmore ID 332230
Site Number NH86NW 9.25
NGR NH 82214 68997
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/332230
- Council Highland
- Parish Nigg (Ross And Cromarty)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Note (30 August 2013)
A possible machine gun post lies to the W of the engine house (see NH86NW 9.22). It comprises two conjoined circular depressions, each about 3m in diameter, with a raised bank on the downhill slope of the E depression.
Dating of the structure is not clear but more likely to be Second World War.
Visited by RCAHMS (AKK) 7 August 2013.
Field Visit (14 March 2019)
This bracken-, gorse- and grass-grown machine gun post, which is situated on an ESE-facing slope, formed part of defences of the battery introduced by the Army during World War 2. It comprises a figure of eight-shaped depression, measuring 5.7m from NW to SE by 4.6m transversely and up to 1m in depth, with the upcast shaped into a low external bank on the NE, SE and SW. There is a narrow entrance on the SW.
Visited by HES, Survey and Recording (ATW, AKK), 12 March 2019.
